Car-fender



J. w..H. GRIFFIN.

CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I. 1920. 1,400,052, v Patented B00113, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1920. Serial No.i37,283.

- To all whom it may concern:

.. Be it known that 1, JAMES"W.= H. GRIF- FIN, a citizen of the-UnitedStates, residing at Altona, in the county of Mecosta and State ofMichigan, have inventedarnew and" useful Car -Fender, of, which thefollowing is a specification.

It-is the object of this inventiontoprovide novel meanswherebya'fenderon a ,car

or other vehicle-.may be lowered. automat-' ically when an obstacle isencountered,

means being provided whereby the fender may be'lowered at the will of anoperator.

It is with-in theprovince oflthe disclosure, to improve generally and toenhance the v utility ofdevices of that type to which the inventionappertai-ns. With the above and other ob ects in view,

which will appear asthe description pro ceeds, the invention resides inthe comb na tron and arrangement of parts and-in the.

details of constructionhereinafter described and. claimed, itbein'g-understoodthat, with-i in the scope of whatlis claimed, changesin the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanyin'gdrawing's V Figure lshows inside elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention. the fender'beingfelevated; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig.

3 is an elevation similar-to Fig. .1 but show ing the fender lowered;.and Fig. 4. is a transverse section. taken approximately on the line 4-4of Fig. 3,)the view being; for

Y the most part. in the nature of an end elevation. Fig. 5 is afragmental side elevation showmg the pedal in an intermediate position.

The numeral 1 denotes a car body carry-v ing hangers 2 supported bybraces 3. A fem der4 is pivotally supported at 5 in the hang ers 2 andhas an upstanding arm 6. The car body carries a bracket? supported by "abrace 8. A pin or support 9 projects laterally. from the bracket 7. Alocking bar 10 is.

pivoted at 11 to the arm 6 and'is 'slidably mounted on the support orpin 9. The locking-bar 19 has an upstanding forward end 12 provlded witha lateral projection 14. In' the lower edge of the lockingbar 10 thereis' a shoulder 15 adapted to cooperate with the pin or support 9 to holdthe tender 4 ele-. 5 vated, as shown in Fig. 1.

Depending arms .16 are is claimed is: mounted on the '-r tentennee.raiser. J

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ed, intermediateits ends,asshown at 18,fon

the arms 16. .The forward endoit aconnec} tion 19 is; pivoted at 20 tothe upper portion of the apron 1 7 The rear end of the-conneotion 19- isunitedby v with the locking bar-'10. The connection 19 is provided withan inclinedrpart adapted to co6pe'ratew1ththe pin 9,.the connectionbeinginounted for sliding movement onjthe in.- The proiection liontheforwardend 1 2 of the; locking-bar 10 overhangs the connecti0n19. q, V 1In the-botto n of the car body 1"an openfor-med.- Apedal 2 4 is locatedin ing 23 is the-openingand is pivotally supported on a retractilespring .21

the carbody as shownat 25." A link 26 con 1 .n'ects the lower end otthepedal 24 with the end 120i the locking'bar 10. x When the fender 4 iselevated, as shown in Figl l, the shoulder 15 onthe locking bar 10engages, with the support 9 to 'hold the fender elevated. When anobstacle is encountered, the lower end'otthe apron 17'v swingsrearwardly. the connection 19 moves it inclinedpart '22 ofthe con-fnection cooperating with the pin. 9 to raise. i

A When the .connection is :torwardly, the

"the connection. raised, the lockingbar 10 isQraised/also, be-

cause theprojectio'nilQl'on. locking bar oven hangs the connection.Thus, they shoulder 15' isdisengaged from the pin 9.1. Thefender 4 thendrops into engagement with their-ails 50,;as shown in Fig.3.Thespring21freacts on the connection 19,tostving the upper end .oftheapron 17. backwardly from the position of Fig. 3, untilthe inclinedpart 22 of the connection cooperates again with the pin 9. Then tender 4maybe raised readily, by hand or otherwise, the arm 6' drawing thelockingbar'10rearwardly until the shoulder 15 "on the locking barengages with the pin 9, to hold the tender 4 elevated asdelineated inFig. 1. At any time the operator may drop the vfender d by pushing theupper end ofthe pedal I of Fig.'5,"andthen releasingthe pedal, so

3. When the pedal is-moved into the 24 forwardly into the position .thatthe pedal assumesthe position shown in Fig.

position of Fig. 5, the bar 10-is raised above.

the pin 9,

and when the pedal is released, the

bar 10 movesforwardly, and is supported on g V the pin 9, asshown-inFig. 3..

Having'thus describ d the 1 V nvention, what "1. In a device of th eolass described, a

'when the connection is advanced, by the swinging movement of the apron;and means for uniting the connection with the locking'member. I

2. In a device of the class described, a car; a fender pivoted theretoand having an upstanding arm; a support on the car; a

locking member mounted on the support for sliding movement. and pivotedto the arm, the locking member having a shoulder adapted to engage thesupport; an apron mounted to swing on the car; a connection pivoted tothe apron and mounted for sliding movement on the support, theconnection having an inclined part cooperating withsupport; a springuniting the connection with the locking member; and a projection on thelocking member, the projection overhanging the connection,

3. In a device of the class described, a car; a fender pivoted theretoand having an upstanding arm; a support on the car; a lockingmembermounted on the support for sliding movement and having a shoulder7 adapted to engage with the support to hold the fender elevated; anapron mounted to swing on the car; a connection pivoted to the apron andmounted for sliding movement on the support, the connection having aninclined part cooperating with the support, the connection and thelocking member being interengaged to effect a lifting der the control ofan operator for moving 7 the locking member to disengage the shoulderfrom the support. 5. A device of the class described,con-

.structed as set forth in claim 3 and further characterized by theprovision of means under the control of an operator for actuating thelocking member to disengage the shoulder from the support.

6. In a device'of the class describecha car; a' fender pivoted theretoand having an upstanding arm; a support on the car; an

apron mounted for swinging movement on the car; cooperating elementscomprising'a connection pivoted to the apron, and a looking memberpivoted to arm, both of said cooperating elements being slidably mountedon the support, the locking member being provided with a shouldercoacting with the support to hold the fender elevated, and theconnection having an inclined part coacting with the support, one ofsaid cooperating elements'having a projection engaged with the other ofsaid cooperating elements, to effect a lifting of the locking member anda disengagement of the shoulder from the support when the connection isadvanced by the swinging movement of the fender.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as'my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses' JAMES w. HQ GRIFFIN.

llVitne-sses I I HERMAN P; HUGENHOLTZ, ARTHUR APsEY.

